Ninety-Six: Entering the City (2)
When the six gates went to arrest people before, the county guard also sent a regular army to cooperate, with the power of the dignified military formation, with the masters of the six gates, I thought that it was not easy to catch a few cultists - but unexpectedly, under the first battle, they were easily defeated by the other party with various evil means, and the Salvationists even counterattacked to the state capital for a time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf it weren't for being the regional capital, the Linquan County Governor's own capital would be high-walled and heavily defended, and I am afraid that even the county guard would not be able to protect it.
Such a powerful force shocked the entire Linquan County, and no one expected that a group of barefoot men who were originally just walking in the alleys of poor homes and distributing talisman water to the common people who could not afford to hire good doctors or buy good medicine would unknowingly grow to this point! The county warden issued an emergency mobilization order and mobilized county soldiers from all over the country to help defend the city. At the same time, we recruited a wide range of good talents, recruited high-ranking and powerful people from all over the country, and prepared to compete with the salvation cult.
Of course, in private, Huang Chang also knew that this county guard also sent a letter of help to Kunlun Mountain, and this was the reason why they came here.
After getting a general understanding of the events and the current situation in Linquan County, Huang Chang and Ji Ruo entered the city. Along the way, I saw that the market was depressed and sparsely populated, and occasionally a few pedestrians walked by the street in a hurry. On the contrary, there are often groups of Jianghu people who cross the sword and carry their swords to swagger through the city, and there are groups of regular sergeants in armor patrolling around, and the streets are full of tense and solemn scenes.
Huang Changyuan wanted to visit around again, trying to learn more information, but he was not interested in seeing this scene, so he planned to go directly to the county guard mansion to meet the owner of this place, but he was suddenly stopped by Ji Ruo halfway:
"Brother Achang, I want to ask you for something. ”
"Huh? ”
"This time, can you try to let me call the shots. ”
Huang Chang looked at the little girl's nervous face and said with a smile:
"What do you mean by being in charge?"
"That's what you do in Huangyang County: identify problems, set goals, and tell people what to do to get there...... I'd love to try it too. ”
Ji Ruo saw a slight smile in Huang Chang's eyes, and lowered his head a little shyly:
"Brother Achang, you pretend to be my guard, just stay by my side, if there is anything wrong, remind me at any time...... Is that okay?"
"Well...... It's not that it doesn't work. Let me think about how to do it......"
Regarding Ji Ruo's volunteering, Huang Chang is quite supportive. Originally, this descent from the mountain had the idea of cultivating her ability to move independently. It's just that the actions of that group of cultists a few days ago really surprised Huang Chang a lot - a few little monks on the first and second floors of Qi refining, relying on a bunch of evil Dao techniques that can't be put on the table, actually almost succeeded in assassinating Ji Ruo. Although he killed seven of the last nine people in one go, the two most dangerous guys still ran away, which made Huang Chang no longer dare to underestimate these Jianghu characters.
It's just that it's rare that Ji Ruo is willing to shoulder the heavy burden, and this enthusiasm is not easy to fight, and for the situation here, Huang Chang also has a little plan in his heart...... After thinking for a moment, Huang Chang nodded:
"Okay, Ruoruo, do as you say, let's go to the county guard mansion now. ”
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Soon after, the two came to the gate of the county guard's mansion, only to see that there was bustling there, and there were actually many heroes with protruding chests and bellies in and out of it. The two inquired casually, only to find out that it was the county guard who issued a reward and hired heroes from all walks of life to go outside the city to kill the Salvationists - due to a big defeat before, although they held the county town, the outside of the city was completely chaotic. In addition to those Salvationists, bandits and robbers from all walks of life appeared one after another, burning and looting everywhere, and for a time all parts of Linquan, especially the area around Fucheng, stirred up a miasma.
Fortunately, Linquan County was originally very deserted, even around the county capital, where people lived, they have always been concentrated in the form of dock forts, villages, etc. Moreover, almost everyone in these villages practiced martial arts, and there were many strong and brave men, who spontaneously organized themselves to defend their homes when they encountered danger, and could generally resist the invasion of wild beasts or robbers.
This time, under the onslaught of large-scale cultists, it is not easy for ordinary villages to resist. However, in the past, large-scale animal tides or military disasters were not unexperienced, and in this case, most of them concentrated people in places such as large villages or county seats, and at the same time asked for help from the county seat. It's just that the county guard has just suffered a big defeat, and the remaining strength to defend the city is still insufficient, and there are no extra troops to send out to support.
Thanks to that, Guo Shouhuan is not a good person, although the troops in his hands are insufficient, he does not blindly defend the city. Although he had a small army at hand, he still had plenty of supplies. At this time, it is simply used to hire civil forces, so that they can show their powers and go out of the city to find trouble for the Salvation Sect - either secretly attack and kill the Salvation Cultists, or help protect the surrounding counties and villages, anyway, as long as they make meritorious deeds, the county guard will not hesitate to give rich material rewards. If you do a good job, you can even be appreciated by the government, enter the court to serve, and really mix an iron rice bowl.
In the face of these high welfare, those rangers who were already rampant in the countryside on weekdays and were brave and fierce took action one after another-the original "savior god" was born in hard labor, and he was branded on his forehead with the mark of the government to punish criminals. After he became famous, this was said to be a symbol of asceticism, so his followers often took the initiative to brand their foreheads in order to express their worship of the gods and at the same time show that they were different, which is a major feature of salvation.
This trait was good for building the group's cohesion in peacetime, but now it made them prey - the rangers could get a large bounty from the county guard for retrieving their marked heads. So when Huang Chang and Ji Ruo came to the gate of the county guard's mansion, they saw such a bloody and strange sight - many sturdy men with fierce faces and swords with strings, even baskets of dead people's heads, squatted there like selling watermelons, waiting for the county officials to come and inspect - in order to prevent people from killing innocents indiscriminately and using false marks on the heads of civilians to defraud rewards, the officials would carefully examine each head and judge whether it was an authentic Messian according to the new and old of the brand.
Of course, this kind of person is just the lowest-level reckless man, who has the strength to do it without fear of death, and he is not even an authentic martial artist. Truly organized and capable powerful people receive tasks directly from the county guard, such as helping to rescue a village, or cooperating with the army, etc., and return here to receive rewards based on the feedback of the other party after completion. They were on the other side, the side gate of the county guard's house. The order there was better, but it still felt chaotic - the warriors were not soldiers after all, and it was impossible to have good discipline.
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